Could âThe Simpsonsâ please start sharing some lottery numbers?
TVâs longest running series is once again is being hailed as a modern day Nostradamus.
In episode titled âBart to the Future,â which released in 2000, Lisa Simpson is shown growing up to become the first female president of the United States. Sheâs dressed in an outfit strikingly similar to the one Americaâs first female Vice-President Kamala Harris wore to the 2021 inauguration, including her accessories.
Al Jean, one of the best known among âThe Simpsonsâ writers, commented about the similarity on social media.
. âpredictionâ Iâm proud to be a part of.
â Al Jean (@AlJean)
â@TheSimpsons âpredictionâ Iâm proud to be a part of,â
But itâs not the first time an episode of âThe Simpsonsâ has served as a coincidental Magic 8 Ball.
Here are a few other examples of the showâs accurate squints into the future:
President Trump
Lisa Simpson became president in that episode after a âPresident Trump,â 16 years before he was actually was elected. However, reports the animated series foresaw an image of Trump on an escalator and predicted the electoral map from his win
Lady Gaga playing the Super Bowl
The singer appeared as a guest on âThe Simpsonsâ in 2012. An animated Gaga is shown playing a concert for Springfield in which she flies through the air â much like she did during her halftime performance at the Super Bowl in 2017.
Smartwatches
Well before you could strap that Apple smartwatch on your wrist, âThe Simpsonsâ had something similar in a 1995 episode.
Siegfried & Roy tiger attack
Siegfried Fischbacher and Roy Horn, the famous Vegas performers who worked with big game cats, were parodied by the show in 1993.
In the episode, a white tiger attacks âGunter and Ernstâ during their act as revenge for having been snatched away from his life in the wild.
In real life, Horn suffered a career-ending injury in 2003 after a tiger attacked him during a show.
Cypress Hill
The hip-hop group Cypress Hill discussed collaborating with the London Symphony Orchestra in a 1996 episode of âThe Simpsonsâ titled âHomerpalooza.â
Nearly three decades later, the two ensembles recently did just that in a at Londonâs Royal Albert Hall.